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POETIC SHORTS



A collection of poetic shorts filmed in 2016, originally shared on Instagram.

Director, camera, editor: dana washington-queen



Works were featured in 2019 exhibition Time is Running Out of Time: Experimental Film and Video from the L.A. Rebellion and Today at Art+Practice.

2016, HD black-and-white, stereo sound, 00:1:00


Storytelling: Lucid Dream


A one-minute visual of performed and freestyled poems, queries and thoughts.



2016, HD black-and-white, stereo sound, 00:1:00


why you always talk about freedom? there is no explanation


A one-minute visual of performed and freestyled poems, queries and thoughts.



2016, HD color,  stereo sound, 00:1:00


in seclusion, self-talk; head housing conversations


A one-minute visual of performed and freestyled poems, queries and thoughts.

                                             2023 VCUarts Visiting Artist Professor                                             Exhibition at ICA VCU  Sep 2022 - Jan 2023                                             2022 Artadia Los Angeles Marciano Award                                             2020 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Ellsworth Kelly Award                                                      Black & Kin Barber Services